- Peer-to-peer (p2p) networking technology has gained popularity as an efficient mechanism for users to obtain free services without the need for centralized servers. Protecting th...
Sinan Hatahet, Yacine Challal, Abdelmadjid Bouabda...
Most well-known Internet worms, such as Code Red, Slammer, and Blaster, infected vulnerable computers by scanning the entire Internet IPv4 space. In this paper, we present a new s...
Cliff Changchun Zou, Donald F. Towsley, Weibo Gong...
Instant messaging (IM) systems have gained a lot of popularity in recent years. The increasing number of IM users has lured malware authors to develop more worms and viruses that ...
— Fast spreading worms are a reality, as amply demonstrated by worms such as Slammer, which reached its peak propagation in a matter of minutes. With these kinds of fast spreadin...
Tian Bu, Aiyou Chen, Scott A. Vander Wiel, Thomas ...
Worms continue to be a leading security threat on the Internet. This paper analyzes several of the more widespread worms and develops a general life-cycle for them. The lifecycle,...
Florian P. Buchholz, Thomas E. Daniels, James P. E...